City Of Ashes, is an extraordinary book by Cassandra Clare, which was published on March 25th 2008, by and is actually the second book of The Mortal Instruments series, in this book Clary Fray is having some problems in which Simon her best friend is in love with her; Jace, her crush, is actually her brother; her mom is in the hospital in a coma — oh and her dad is making an army of demon to take over the world.
The story begins when Clary returns to the institute and receives a text from Isabelle, saying that Jace has frustrated the Inquisitor and has been jailed in the Silent City. While sitting in his chamber, Jace hears something attacking the Silent Brothers and discovers that Valentine has killed them to get the second Mortal Instrument which is the Mortal Sword. So Clary, Isabelle, and Alec respond to a call from the Silent City, only to discover the assassination of the Silent Brothers. Clary frees Jace using an improved version of the opening rune, only for the Inquisitor to appear and accuse Jace of going along with Valentine, since Jace was going to go on trial by the sword, but now it is gone. Magnus Bane volunteers to keep Jace locked up in his apartment, in which he and the others try to figure out Valentine's possible plans.
After that, Jace receives an offer from the Queen of the Seelie Court (faerie court), to visit her. Jace goes with Simon, Isabelle and Clary. They convince the Queen to help them defeat Valentine, although the Queen says she is still not sure and also mentions how their court knows deep secrets, for example; how Jace and Clary are their father's wonderful experiments come to life. But they get confused and decide to leave. However, Clary is tricked into eating faerie food, and is only allowed...
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...nd suddenly changes her mind to wanting to start a relationship with him and that she does not care about its consequences. Yet, before she says anything, Jace tells her that he will only act as her brother, which breaks her heart. As Clary tries to recover from this, she meets a woman who introduces herself as Madeleine, which is one of Jocelyn's friends, and says that she knows how to wake up her mother.
But....dies before she wakes up Jocelyn, how will Clary solve this?
Overall, I think it's an amazing book because it's written so well, and it just has such a good storyline. I would recommend this book too all teenagers who love fictional/romantic books because I think it's worth reading it, even if you don't like reading. Cassandra Clare does know how to play with the readers emotions! If you read this sequel you will find yourself craving more and more.
I would recommend this book to people who love realistic stories. Personally for me it is hard to find books that interest me and this one felt like if I was watching someone else's life while I read it. It has so many interesting points. When you think something might happen
The Novel House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski uses two characters of his own creation to construct the book in its entirety. The first contributor, Zampano, who is the author, who may or may not be trustworthy of the interpretation of The Navidson Record, because he is blind. Early on in his efforts to finish the book he dies under suspicious circumstances. At this point, Danielewski employees another to contribute, Johnny Truant, who composes the introduction and notes for the book. Zampano documents the Navidson Record which is about Will Navidson and his family. Navidson calls his brother Tom and a family friend, Billy Reston, to investigate a hallway that appears out of nowhere between two rooms. Once a labyrinth appears in the house,
Once I get past all of the rambling I did in the past paragraphs, I honestly really enjoyed the book. Though it wasn't like most of the other books I’ve read (meaning I didn't cry during the process of reading it), the characters were just as provokingly interesting as the characters in other stories, it was a little edgy and made me want to yell at it, shouting at Sam when she wouldn’t let Tyler play video games with Danny, or Danny when he called to have Sam and Tyler taken to a separate facility. Overall, this book opened me up to something that just isn't a romance novel. This story really shows that there are people with a lot of difficulties in their lives, and that’s what I liked the most about it.
I would recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys historical fiction books where the characters learn life-altering lessons. I also feel that people of all ages would enjoy this book because it’s messages and theme was very positive. While I did enjoy this book, I think I will not be reading another historical fiction novel for my upcoming book response.
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and believe it to be one of the best books I have ever read. It was extremely well written and challenging for me to understand at times. It conveys that dark side of human ambition very well, and it has given me much to think about.
I think my favorite thing about this novel was the realistic ending. Some books try to just give you a fairy tale but this book had an ending that mad you think in the end if I was in the same position would I do the same thing. I didn’t like the fact that the novel portrayed mental illness in a way to say that it needed to be hidden and protected. I thought this novel was very believable for the time period that it was set in. I think the ending to this novel was perfect it was an accurate ending to this
After they heard the Man's plan May hits the him in the head with a gun. She later got arrested and was sent to jail for murdering the man and she was sentenced to be hanged. She is being held up in the county jail and now the Tucks and Winnie will try to break May out of jail. Jesse who has grown to like Winnie tells her to drink the magical water when you become 17. The break out came successful as Winnie pretends to be May in the jail cell while they escape. Winnie now has the decision of a lifetime to make. Does she drink from the fountain and get eternal life and stay with the Tucks or does she back to her own boring life? Read the book to find out!
*All in all I would say that this novel is definitely a good read. I found my self at times relating my own thoughts and experiences to that of the characters in the book. This is the very reason I would recommend that you give your class next semester the option of reading either this book or another. From my point of view, I think that most men can not relate to certain situations that occur, which lessens the overall significance of her writing.
I heard quite a bit of conflicting thoughts about this one, some people didn’t like it, and some loved it. I think it’s one of those books that you just need to pick up and make the decision yourself. In saying all this, I truly did love The Girl from Everywhere and I am so excited to read more.
Life is like a ginormous puzzle, ergo, as we learn and grow our perspective changes. Clary is taught about the mystical being around her, while trying to save her mother. Resulting in Clary’s mindset to expand as her character changed. For example, on page 422, while Luke and Clary are talking, she claims, “ About Gretel being just a Downworlder. I don't think that” (Clare 422). Whereas, just hours earlier, she was extremely nervous about being in contact with downworlders and other demons alike. Actions such as these represent the prospective change of characters throughout the book City of Bones. Thus proving, that the bigger picture helps us grow into the person we are meant to
Fans of the novel found that the way the novel is written, you never want to put it down and the action keeps things moving and is quite entertaining. The novel pulls you in and makes you love each of the main characters in it. This is a great series for anyone to read, and it is audience friendly for whoever reads them. There is quite a bit of suspense that will make the novel exceed readers 's expectations, and the twists and turns keeps you guessing and lets nothing be predictable. Some like the way this group of people bands together when they really need to and keep things together so they can all stop the
There are several things that I like about this book. First off, I love historical fiction, and this is the genre of this book. Also, despite the author being too descriptive, the book went at a steady pace. For me, pace usually determines whether I will read the book or not, and I never really hesitated, or thought about changing books.
I thought this book was awesome. I thought it was awesome because it got my attention all the time and I love the plot of the book. The plot was great because whenever things happened
The book and the movie were both very good. The book took time to explain things like setting, people’s emotions, people’s traits, and important background information. There was no time for these explanations the movie. The book, however, had parts in the beginning where some readers could become flustered.
Edgar becomes embroiled in the main plot when, disguised as a madman, he meets Lear on the heath. His destruction of Oswald, Goneril's steward and his defeat of Edmund in the duel leading to Edmund admitting he has given secret orders for the execution of Lear and Cordelia, together with his alliance with Albany, all relate him to the main plot.